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Freeman v. Grain Processing Corp.
The Iowa Supreme Court held that neighbors of an Iowa corn processing plant were properly certified as a class to pursue pollution claims against the operator. The neighbors filed a suit under state nuisance, trespass, and negligence law, claiming air pollution from the plant interfered with the use...
AquAlliance v. Bureau of Reclamation
The D.C. Circuit held that the federal government is not required to reveal the location of water wells under an exemption to FOIA. A environmental group dedicated to protecting the Northern California ecosystem and watersheds filed FOIA requests seeking copies of all documents related to water tran...
Mid-Monmouth Realty Assocs. v. Metallurgical Indus., Inc.
A New Jersey appellate court ruled that an insurance company must indemnify a realty company for soil removal connected to groundwater contamination at one of its properties. By merger, the realty company became the successor in ownership to a property that had been leased to a recycling company. Fo...
Waterkeeper Alliance v. EPA
The D.C. Circuit vacated an EPA final rule that exempted farms from reporting requirements for air releases from animal waste. In 2008 the EPA issued a final rule that generally exempts farms from CERCLA and EPCRA reporting requirements for air releases from animal waste, reasoning that the reports ...